The Tiger Hunt
probably Velay
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1807 (after)
Materials
Wallpaper and gouache
Measurements
1130 x 570 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608094
Summary
A panel of French wallpaper, previously attributed to Joseph Dufour but now considered to be probably by Velay of Paris. A narrow roll of scenic wallpaper from the 'Tiger Hunt' series. Gouache on paper. Printed with a barge carrying two important gentlemen smoking hookahs, whilst a team of six row. In the background is a temple with a large flight of stairs. The “Tiger Hunt”, variously known as “Paysage Indien”, “Chasse au tigre”, “Chasse indienne” or “Vues de l’Inde”, was attributed by Nancy McClelland to Dufour and dated to 1815 (N. McClelland, Historic Wall Papers, Philadelphia and London, 924, p. 360). She illustrates a set in the Putnam-Hanson House, 94 Boston Street, Salem, Massachusetts. However, the set has been attributed to the Velay Manufactory (see O. Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers Peints Panoramiques, Exhibition Catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Paris, 1998, pp. 306-307). The Velay Manufactory was a contemporary of Dufour and active in Paris after 1807. Other examples of this set are in a private collection in Puy-de-Dôme, Rhone, Haute-Saône, France, in Belgium and Jönköping, Sweden.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
4 of set (written in pencil on reverse)
Makers and roles
probably Velay , manufacturer